Controller action

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Process systems are broadly categorized as self-regulatory and nonself-regulatory. The former is one in which a change in an external condition can cause the system to move from an initial steady state to another steady state without additional external intervention. The latter, a nonself-regulatory process system, does not achieve another steady state without additional control action once the first external change occurs. 

Once the desired control action has been transformed to an analogue signal, it is transmitted to the final control element over the transmission lines. However, the final control element s actuator may require a different type of signal and thus another transducer may be necessary. Many control valve actuators utilise a pressure signal so a current-to-pressure (I/P) transducer is used to provide a pressure signal to the actuator. 

PID controller is a flexible, effective, and rehable controller for the process industries. A considerable range of controller actions is possible by selecting tuning parameters to provide different weights to the present (proportional), the past (integral), and the projected future (derivative). References related to the tuning of PID controllers are available (20—24). 

Constraint control strategies can be classified as steady-state or dynamic. In the steady-state approach, the process dynamics are assumed to be much faster than the frequency with which the constraint control appHcation makes its control adjustments. The variables characterizing the proximity to the constraints, called the constraint variables, are usually monitored on a more frequent basis than actual control actions are made. A steady-state constraint appHcation increases (or decreases) a manipulated variable by a fixed amount, the value of which is determined to be safe based on an analysis of the proximity to relevant constraints. Once the appHcation has taken the control action toward or away from the constraint, it waits for the effect of the control action to work through the lower control levels and the process before taking another control step. Usually these steady-state constraint controls are implemented to move away from the active constraint at a faster rate than they do toward the constraint. The main advantage of the steady-state approach is that it is predictable and relatively straightforward to implement. Its major drawback is that, because it does not account for the dynamics of the constraint and manipulated variables, a conservative estimate must be taken in how close and how quickly the operation is moved toward the active constraints. 

Specific control actions within a phase, eg, open valve AlOl and start agitator B202... 

Feedforward Control If the process exhibits slow dynamic response and disturbances are frequent, then the apphcation of feedforward control may be advantageous. Feedforward (FF) control differs from feedback (FB) control in that the primary disturbance or load (L) is measured via a sensor and the manipulated variable (m) is adjusted so that deviations in the controlled variable from the set point are minimized or eliminated (see Fig. 8-29). By taking control action based on measured disturbances rather than controlled variable error, the controller can reject disturbances before they affec t the controlled variable c. In order to determine the appropriate settings for the manipulated variable, one must develop mathematical models that relate ... 

Does not require identification and measurement of any disturbance for corrective action Control action not taken until the effect of the disturbance has been felt by the system... 

Real-time clocks (RTCs). Real-time systems are required to respond to events, as they occur, in a timely manner. This is especially crucial in process control systems where control actions applied at the wrong time may amplify process deviations or destabilize the processes. The nodes in the systems are interrupted periodically by the real-time clocks to maintain the ac tual elapsed times. 

The controller action can be disabled by triggering a binary deactivate input signal, during process startup, shutdown, or when some abnormal conditions exist. 

Offsets Policy Offsets were EPAs first application of the concept that one source could meet its environmental protection obligations by getting another source to assume additional control actions. In nonattainment areas, pollution from a proposed new source, even one that controls its emissions to the lowest possible level, would aggravate existing violations of ambient air-quahty standards and trigger the statutory prohibition. The offsets policy provided these new sources with an alternative. The source could proceed with construction plans, provided that ... 

Control actions, e.g., provide alarms to indicate things getting out of control define control actions to get back into control. The HAZOP study is not complete until response to actions has been documented. Initial HAZOP planning should establish the management follow-up procedure that will be used. 

Note Append to each entry Meterological conditions are such that pollutant concentrations can be expected to remain at the above levels for 12 or more hours or increase, or in the case of ozone the situation is likely to reoccur within the next 24 hours unless control actions are taken. 

A generalized closed-loop control system is shown in Figure 4.22. The control problem can be stated as The control action u t) will be such that the controlled output c t) will be equal to the reference input r t) for all values of time, irrespective of the value of the disturbance input riit) . 

In this case, the control action, or signal is proportional to the error e t)... 

Controller The control action is PID of the form given in equation (4.91)... 

Control action In this ease, the autopilot (eontroller) is eonsidered to provide proportional eontrol only. 

Corrective action A control action that provides a change in the manipulated variable. 

Modulating The control action of minute increments and decrements of adjustment in a system, such as in automatic control valves. 

Design of the human-machine interface (HMI) such as control panels to ensure that process information can be readily accessed and interpreted and that appropriate control actions can be made... 

In the CPI, the most extensively studied human-machine interface is in the central control room in automated plants where plant information is displayed on visual display units (VDUs) and appropriate control actions are made by the operating team. In the case of a highly automated plant, the primary role of the human is to respond to unexpected contingencies such as plant states that have not been anticipated by the designers of the automatic... 

To facilitate the selection of the correct control actions and minimize accidental activation of controls... 

The following sections discuss how errors can arise at each of the stages of perception, decision-making and control actions. The account given below of how information is processed by the human perceptual system is highly simplified. More technical descriptions are provided in many textbooks, for example, Wickens (1984). 

As described earlier, in the first stage of perception, information is acquired via the senses from a number of sources. These may include gauges and chart recorders, VDU screens in a control room, verbal communication with individuals on the plant, or direct observation of process variables. In the short term, this information provides feedback with regard to specific control actions. 

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